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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 2012
Page
3
A reader argues gun ownership is for recreation and compares firearms to automobiles for risk. The letter praises Aiken Public Safety for monitoring traffic on Limerick Road and commends the Aiken Animal Hospital staff as a “wonderful group of people.”
A reader calls for safer driving by all, criticizing both elderly and young drivers and especially big rigs. The note urges vigilance to prevent collisions and keep roads orderly. The letter also defends Humane Society volunteers who pay for their own uniforms.
The Aiken Standard weighs in after readers push back on features about cats and dogs, addressing opinions and community concerns about pet ownership and welfare.
Aiken news reports a shop owner who confronted three burglars at his business. He fired when one yelled kill that person and killed one burglar while injuring the other two. The community reaction praises the owner’s action as protection of property.
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Aiken High students and parents with the PTSD group gathered Saturday to haul trimmed branches as rain forced indoor work. The effort aims to spruce up a 60 acre campus ahead of a new science wing with monthly clean-up projects planned.
Three Aiken residents Tad Barber Wes Funderberg and Bruce Wheelon vie for the District 8 seat on the Aiken County School Board. The race is the sole contested board race in November with incumbents unopposed in other districts. Barber Funderberg and Wheelon push improvements in schools facilities and input while debating tax funding and program preservation.
Bruce Wheelon, longtime educator and former South Aiken High School guidance counselor until 2011, now directs Limestone College's extended campus in Aiken. His career spans teaching, coaching, and counseling across Georgia and Aiken County, with degrees from Limestone and advanced leadership credentials.
The DuPont Planetarium hosts two Saturday shows Follow the Drinking Gourd and Digistar Virtual Journey at 8 and 9 p.m. in the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center 471 University Park Way with tiered pricing for adults seniors students and USDA staff Children four and under are not allowed. A burn survivor outpatient support group meets Wednesday Aug 22 at 2 p.m. at Doctors Hospital Chavis House 3614 J Dewey Gray Circle Building C hosted by the Southern Firefighter's Burn Foundation call (706) 651-6660 for more details.
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